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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1987

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SAI KUNG CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR 'CIVIC PASSPORT'

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ORGANISERS OF SAI KUNG'S CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN HAVE COME UP WITH A RATHER UNIQUE WAY TO ENCOURAGE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN

BY ISSUING

THEM WITH SPECIAL PASSPORTS.

THE +GOOD CHILDREN PASSPORT+ WILL ONLY BE ISSUED AFTER PARTICIPANTS FULFIL CERTAIN CRITERIA, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION PROMOTION COMMITTEE SAID.

+THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVE THE IR INDIVIDUAL VIRTUES SUCH AS POLITENESS, HONESTY, DILIGENCE AND TIDINESS BEFORE THEY CAN BE REGARDED WORTHY OF THE PASSPORT,+ HE SAID.

+MA INTA INING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT ASPECT AND CHILDREN CAN FULFIL THIS BY BEING CO-OPERATIVE AND PAY MUTUAL RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER,+ HE ADDED.

PARENTS AND TEACHERS WILL BE ASKED TO APPRAISE THE WORK AND BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN TAKING PART IN THE CAMPAIGN AND THE IR REMARKS ON THE 'PASSPORTS' WILL BE AN INDICATION OF THE CHILDREN'S

ACHIEVEMENTS.

+OUR AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE AS MANY CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ INITIALLY WE EXPECT SOME 42 000 CHILDREN FROM 14 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND NINE KINDERGARTENS TO JOIN THE SCHEME,+ HE ADDED,

+CHILDREN WHO FULFIL THE CRITERIA OF THE GOOD CHILDREN PASSPORT WILL BE GIVEN SOUVENIRS AND BADGES, HE SAID.

THE SCHEME, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED TWO WEEKS AGO, WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF MARCH.

IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WHICH AIMS AT ENHANCING A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT AMONG RESIDENTS, IN PARTICULAR THE YOUNGER GENERATION, AND TO AROUSE AWARENESS OF THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND DUTIES.

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